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> -----Original Message----- > From: Jesper Skov [SMTP:jskov@cygnus.co.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 6:22 PM > To: Stan Shebs > Cc: kerry@cae-plus.com; ecos-discuss@cygnus.com > Subject: Re: [ECOS] gdb vs. eCos? > > > Also, using a simulator for debugging the interrupt handlers can be a > great help since it doesn't trash so much state as the gdb stub does > (that is, debugging in a SIM is truly transparent for the program > being run -- at least I haven't had any problems). > > I've stepped my way through the PowerPC interrupt handler more than > once using GDB (although I prefer the SIM way -- it's faster). > > Jesper > > [Zubin Burjor Sethna] Is it possible to resume normal execution after GDB has stopped at a breakpoint in an interrupt handler, on the actual target (not the simulator)? I've read that you cannot execute the RFI (Return From Interrupt) after breaking in an interrupt handler. Zubin